Every first Sunday in April, residents of Kawasaki, Japan, celebrate all things penis with their Kanamara Matsuri (Festival of the Steel Phallus) Parade. While the centerpiece of the fertility parade is a giant pink penis, some marchers bring their own large replica penises, and female festival-goers enjoy various penis-shaped candies. Check out photos of the phallic fun below.

Kanamara Festival 2009

    Participants dressed in women's clothes carry a portable shrine with a large pink phallus during the Kanamara Festival, or the Utamaro Festival, near Wakamiya Hachimangu Shrine on April 5, 2009, in Kawasaki, Japan.

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    Participants dressed in women's clothes carry a portable shrine with a large pink phallus during the Kanamara Festival, or the Utamaro Festival, near Wakamiya Hachimangu Shrine on April 5, 2009, in Kawasaki, Japan.

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    The annual fertility festival, held traditionally in the cherry-blossom season since the Edo era (1603-1868), is said to encourage fertility and bring harmony to married couples. In recent times the festival has raised awareness of AIDS prevention.

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    Participants and visitors carve Japanese radishes into the shape of a phallus.

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    Participants display Japanese radishes recently carved into the shape of phallus.

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    A visitor rides on a wooden phallic figure.

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    A visitor eats a phallus-shaped candy.

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    A man sells phallus-shaped candles.

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